Small-Animal Wound Closure
Selectable small-animal wound closure and vessel-control supplies for mouse, rat, cat, dog, and small-animal research surgery workflows, including 3/8 and 1/2 circle suture needles, braided silk non-absorbable sutures, PGLA absorbable thread, mouse and rat wound clips, wound clip applicator and remover, micro blood-vessel clips, blood-vessel clip forceps, and straight or curved serrated vessel clips.
Louise Corscadden, PhD
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Overview
The Small-Animal Wound Closure page gives small-animal surgery labs one selection surface for closure consumables, wound clips, applicator tools, and vessel-control clips. The family includes 3/8 and 1/2 circle suture needles, braided silk non-absorbable sutures, PGLA absorbable thread, mouse and rat wound clips, a wound clip applicator, a wound clip remover, micro blood-vessel clips, blood-vessel clip forceps, and straight or curved serrated blood-vessel clips.
The selection value is matching closure method to the tissue field and animal scale. Needle options cover triangular-point and round-body geometries with 4 x 10 mm through 7 x 17 mm chord sizes. Suture options cover silk braided non-absorbable roll and bunch formats from #2 through #6-0 and PGLA absorbable thread formats from #0 through #5-0. Clip options include mouse 3 x 7 mm clips, rat 4 x 9 mm clips, applicator/remover tools, micro vessel clips, and longer serrated vessel clips for controlled temporary vessel handling.
Scientific Use
Small-animal wound closure planning is part of nearly every survival surgery station, including neuroscience, cardiovascular, orthopedic, reproductive, perfusion, and catheter-based procedures. This family is useful when a lab needs to replenish closure materials, standardize clip sizes for mouse and rat work, add vessel-control clips to an instrument tray, or compare absorbable and non-absorbable thread formats before ordering.
Pair this page with surgical needle holders, fine tweezers, hemostatic forceps, sterile preparation supplies, anesthesia, warming, and recovery monitoring selected around the protocol and animal model. For a broader tray purchase, use the procedure-specific surgical kit pages and add the closure or clip variants needed for replenishment.
Buying Fit
Choose this page when the purchasing decision is specifically the closure material, needle pack, wound clip, applicator, remover, or vessel clip. The selectable format keeps low-cost needle packs, suture refills, clip packs, applicator tools, and vessel-control accessories in one page so procurement can match size, package, and tool geometry without creating dozens of thin product URLs.
Features & Benefits
Configuration
- Triangular-point suture needle, 3/8 circle, 4 x 10 mm chord, pack of 10
- Triangular-point suture needle, 3/8 circle, 5 x 12 mm chord, pack of 10
- Triangular-point suture needle, 3/8 circle, 6 x 14 mm chord, pack of 10
- Triangular-point suture needle, 3/8 circle, 7 x 17 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 3/8 circle, 4 x 10 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 3/8 circle, 5 x 12 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 3/8 circle, 6 x 14 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 3/8 circle, 7 x 17 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 1/2 circle, 3 x 8 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 1/2 circle, 4 x 10 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 1/2 circle, 5 x 12 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 1/2 circle, 6 x 14 mm chord, pack of 10
- Round-body suture needle, 1/2 circle, 7 x 17 mm chord, pack of 10
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #2, 0.55 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #1, 0.45 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #0, 0.37 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #2-0, 0.32 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #3-0, 0.22 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #4-0, 0.17 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #5-0, 0.12 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture roll, #6-0, 0.08 mm, 5 rolls x 17.5 m
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #2, 0.55 mm, 15 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #1, 0.45 mm, 15 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #0, 0.37 mm, 15 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #3-0, 0.22 mm, 15 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #4-0, 0.17 mm, 15 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #5-0, 0.12 mm, 15 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- Silk braided non-absorbable suture bunch, #6-0, 0.08 mm, 20 x 60 cm each bunch, 10 bunches
- PGLA absorbable suture thread, #0, 0.37 mm, 90 cm each thread, 36 threads
- PGLA absorbable suture thread, #2-0, 0.32 mm, 90 cm each thread, 36 threads
- PGLA absorbable suture thread, #3-0, 0.22 mm, 90 cm each thread, 36 threads
- PGLA absorbable suture thread, #4-0, 0.17 mm, 90 cm each thread, 36 threads
- PGLA absorbable suture thread, #5-0, 0.12 mm, 90 cm each thread, 36 threads
- Mouse wound clips, 3 x 7 mm, pack of 100
- Rat wound clips, 4 x 9 mm, pack of 100
- Wound clip applicator, 12.5 cm
- Wound clip remover, 9.5 cm
- Blood vessel clip forceps, 10 cm
- Micro blood vessel clips, 5 mm jaw, 16 mm overall, pack of 10
- Straight serrated blood vessel clips, 1.5 cm jaw, 4 cm overall, pack of 5
- Straight serrated blood vessel clips, 1.8 cm jaw, 5 cm overall, pack of 5
- Straight serrated blood vessel clips, 2 cm jaw, 6 cm overall, pack of 5
- Curved serrated blood vessel clips, 1 cm jaw, 3 cm overall, pack of 5
- Curved serrated blood vessel clips, 1.5 cm jaw, 3.7 cm overall, pack of 5
- Curved serrated blood vessel clips, 2 cm jaw, 5.7 cm overall, pack of 5
- Curved serrated blood vessel clips, 2.5 cm jaw, 6.5 cm overall, pack of 5
- Curved serrated blood vessel clips, 3 cm jaw, 7 cm overall, pack of 5
Closure groups
- Suture needles, silk sutures, PGLA absorbable thread, wound clips, clip applicator/remover tools, and blood-vessel clips
Needle options
- Triangular-point and round-body needles in 3/8 or 1/2 circle geometries, 3 x 8 mm to 7 x 17 mm chord sizes, packs of 10
Suture materials
- Silk braided non-absorbable roll or bunch formats and PGLA absorbable thread formats
Wound clip workflow
- Mouse 3 x 7 mm clips, rat 4 x 9 mm clips, 12.5 cm applicator, and 9.5 cm remover
Vessel clip options
- Micro clips with 5 mm jaw and 16 mm overall length plus straight or curved serrated clips up to 3 cm jaw and 7 cm overall length
Use fit
- Wound closure, clip closure, suture replenishment, vessel-control staging, and surgical tray completion
Practical Tips
Include the target species and procedure context in the quote request.
Why: Mouse and rat small-animal wound closure, suture selection, clip closure, and vessel-control tray completion workflows may require different handling scale and support components.
Review anesthesia and animal-support equipment alongside the surgical kit.
Why: Surgical instruments are only one part of a reproducible small-animal procedure setup.
Treat exact kit contents as quote-confirmed rather than fixed from the preview page.
Why: This keeps the public listing accurate while allowing the final configuration to match the lab workflow.
Setup Guide
What’s in the Box
- 1 x selected small-animal wound closure, suture, wound clip, applicator/remover, or vessel-clip configuration
- Configuration selected by needle shape and circle, suture material and size, package format, clip size, applicator/remover tool, or vessel-clip jaw geometry where applicable
Warranty
Support, replacement, and fulfillment terms are confirmed with the final quote and institutional purchasing requirements.
Compliance
Which Small-Animal Wound Closure configurations are available?
The page includes suture needle packs, silk braided non-absorbable sutures, PGLA absorbable thread, mouse and rat wound clips, a wound clip applicator, a wound clip remover, micro blood-vessel clips, blood-vessel clip forceps, and straight or curved serrated blood-vessel clips.
When should I choose wound clips instead of sutures?
Choose wound clips when the workflow uses clip closure and the animal scale matches the selected mouse or rat clip size. Choose sutures when the closure plan calls for needle-and-thread handling or material selection by absorbable versus non-absorbable thread.
What is the difference between silk and PGLA options?
The silk options are braided non-absorbable sutures in roll or bunch formats. The PGLA options are absorbable thread variants supplied as 90 cm threads in 36-thread packs.
Which tools complete the wound clip workflow?
Use the wound clip applicator to place mouse or rat wound clips and the wound clip remover for clip removal. Fine tweezers and hemostatic forceps can support handling around the field.
Are vessel clips part of this page?
Yes. The page includes micro blood-vessel clips plus straight and curved serrated blood-vessel clip packs for labs that need temporary vessel-control accessories alongside closure supplies.
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